Present perfect simple and continuous
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages. At first the infant,
Mewling and puking in the nurse`s arms.
And then the whining school-boy, with his satchel,
And shining morning face, creeping like snail
Unwillingly to school. And then the lover,
Sighing like furnace, with a woful ballad
Made to his mistress` eyebrow. Then a soldier,

Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard,
Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel,
Seeking the bubble reputation
Even in the cannon`s mouth. And then the justice,
In fair round belly with good capon lin`d,
With eyes severe, and beard of formal cut,
Full of wise saws and modern instances;
And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts
Into the lean and slipper`d pantaloon
With spectacles on nose and pouch on side,
His youthful hose well sav`d a world too wide
For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice,
Turning again toward childish treble, pipes
And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all,
That ends his strange eventful history,
Is second childishness and mere oblivion
Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything,
The audition
P = Producer
D = Director

confidently, and his timing was superb. I think he was
really made for the part.
D You seem to have made up your mind, don`t you?
P Yes. Well, no, it was just that when I closed my eyes, I
could really picture him in the part.
D Yes, well, for me Polly that`s just the point. I agree, he
sounded very convincing. Hasn`t he just written a book on
Dickens, or something?
P Yes, it`s called The Spirit of Dickens.
D Well, that`s just what he did, he caught the spirit of this
rather self-important old man, but to me he just doesn`t
look the part. I mean, how old is he?
P He`s … let me look… erm, he`s thirty-eight.
D Yes, you see, too young, and I think too tall. Now Bill`s
the right age, at least.
P I know what you mean, but he`s got so much experience
of the stage and the television.
He`s been with the Royal Shakespeare Company for
years, and I think we could probably work on the
appearance side, you know. Make-up would age him.
D Harry didn`t look right, whereas Bill did. And I do wonder
about make-up to make someone look older on television.
It never looks quite right.
P Well, maybe another part for him? Not Micawber?
D Possibly. You might be right. Let`s move on to Victor.
Now there`s a problem.
P How do you mean?
D He`s the one with the greatest strengths and also the
greatest weaknesses. I mean, he`s a household name,
everybody knows him, and well I think having him in the

there?
A Yes. Mine`s P-H.
B Pardon?
A You spell it S-T-E-P-H-E-N.
B Thank you.
4 A Place of birth, please madam.
B Loughborough. L-O-U-G-H-B-O-R-O-U-G-H. Would you
like me to spell it again? L-O-U-G-H-B-O-R-O-U-G-H.
5 Hello, I`d like to order a book by Gerald Leary. Hello?
It`s not a very good line, is it? Gerald Leary. Gerald G-E-
R-A-L-D.
Leary � L-E-A-R-Y. That`s it. The title of the book is The
Secret Life of Plants.
6 Hello, er - I have a reservation. The name`s Mahoney -
M-A-H-O-N-E-Y.
7 My surname`s Bailey - B-A-I-L-E-Y.
8 A Where do you live?
B A suburb of London called Greenwich.
A G-R-E-N
B No, no. G-R-double E-N-W-I-C-H. Greenwich.
9 A Hello. I have an appointment with Miss Jenkins.
B Your name please?
A Seabourne. S-E-A-B-O-U-R-N-E.
10 A I`m living in a place called Gloucester.
B How do you spell that?
A G-L-O-U-C-E-S-T-E-R. Gloucester